The Climate Source

It’s been such a pleasure having Jackson Quinn as our intern this summer. Big credit to the Innovate for Maine team for putting together such a great program! We’re proud to be a part of it.

Should you look at additionality differently for insetting versus offsetting? Offsets and insets function differently in ways that impact how food companies approach additionality. While offset markets aim to generate tradable assets, inset projects aim to reduce the GHG footprint of a food company’s supply chain. Therefore, assessing additionality in inset programs depends on the type of claim the food company seeks to make. Food companies can learn more about navigating additionality in an evolving inset landscape from our new white paper developed in partnership with The Climate Source: https://lnkd.in/g9bN2ePU #climatechange #emissions #sustainability #agriculture

Co-Developing this guide with Environmental Defense Fund was crucial, given the complexities within the manure management sector, and the enormous opportunity at hand to implement effective, efficient management technologies and practices. #dairydecarbonization #scope3

Our COO Benjamin Filippo discussing the importance of culinary and nutrition education on the new podcast from Zuzanna Zielińska HarvestCare

Additionality is a hot topic in the GHG reduction conversation. Within Scope 3 reduction programs, there is a disconnect between on-farm practices and #inventoryaccounting. This causes uncertainty for buyers, suppliers and farmers and affects project design, impact quantification, and #GHGinvestments. The Climate Source unpacks the issues with #additionality in #livestock and #dairy in our 3rd white paper about #greenhousegas mitigation strategies. The key take-aways? Good baselines and data integrity! We are grateful to our sponsor and thought partner, Athian, and the team led by Kendra Tolley and Paul Myer as we lean into the nuance and complexity of #GHGaccounting to uncover a resilient approach to additionality in animal agriculture! Andrew Lyu Maggie Sheerin Benjamin Filippo

This week, a productive discussion took place among farmers, researchers, and private companies, focusing on water-saving and climate-smart practices in rice production in the Arkansas Delta region. Since 2018, a strategic partnership has been created between the University of Arkansas, Unilever, and Riviana Foods Inc. - USA, aimed at assisting farmers in implementing regenerative agriculture practices to reduce irrigation water use as well as mitigating the effects of #climatechange in rice production. In this meeting, Benjamin Runkle & Beatriz Moreno-García presented the findings from the 2023 rice season. Pierre Poupeau provided farmers with updates on the Riviana rice supply chain specific to this project, while Jessie Deelo from The Climate Source updated them on the Unilever regenerative program and gathered insights from participating farmers. Additionally, we were honored to host two guests, Camila Nicolli and Cengiz Koparan. Camila discussed the future direction of combating Arkansas Hot Spot Diseases, while Cengiz shared insight on the potential utilization of drones for weed control in rice production.

Our CEO Jessie Deelo got to visit the great work being done on rice production in Arkansas this week, with our amazing partners and farmers! Unilever Riviana Foods and University of Arkansas #rice

Next week, IDFA is excited to host the first webinar of our new Dairy Insetting Program! Join us to learn more about the application of insetting strategies in dairy. As more companies build climate-focused action plans for their supply chains, more challenges seem to arise regarding financing and GHG accounting principles. It takes coordination and innovation to effectively manage greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and removals along the complex dairy value chain. Experts Jessie Deelo and Benjamin Filippo from The Climate Source will share some of the approaches currently being developed in the marketplace.   This webinar will take place on January 11, 2024, at 1:00pm ET. Register today! https://lnkd.in/gktX8jea #climate #GHG #dairy #insetting #webinar

Be sure to register for our upcoming webinar with International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) on #scope3 #insetting

Thanks for all of the engagement on our first post with Carbon Yield on lessons from Ag Supply Chain Decarbonization! Benjamin Filippo, Sam Schiller, Claire Pluard, and I have appreciated the feedback. Check out our next installment... 2nd Rule of Thumb Quantification challenges are not a barrier to action. We have good enough tools, sure they are going to get better (ask us about the exciting ones that are in the wings!), but directionally we know what works and have plenty of sure-bet #decarbonization solutions ready to roll. We cannot let quantification inhale the lion share of the budget set aside for #ghg incentives, nor do we have to accept coarse emissions factors that tell us very little about the implementation of a specific project. What we do start to know is what variables matter the most, and what variables just take up space and time on a producer survey. We can focus on the biggest emissions sources, the data that impact those sources most directly, the critical inputs that are hard to observe from a satellite model, and the variables related to meaningful departures from business as usual. That gives us more than enough to move a project forward, stand behind impact, and even recalculate in the future if better tools can reduce our uncertainty on the range of impact actually generated. 3rd Rule of Thumb Governance and Accounting are where to put resources Producers are willing to make changes, share data, and contribute to decarbonization, but they need to know their needs are protected, real value is being put on the table, risks are shared, and compensation is based on factors they can control. Brands are willing to invest, but need to know claims are not double counted and provide sufficient flexibility to navigate complex procurement and supply chain challenges. These are fundamentally governance questions. This is where we invest a ton of time and resources, and is the key to scaling effective programs. Crucially, we design governance structures that are resilient to change, but adaptive to the context of a given supply chain and its stakeholders. #decarbonization #governancematters #supplychainsustainability #scope3emissions